Climate averages 1991–2020
Riohacha weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Riohacha: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maicao (75 km away). In April its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Riohacha, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Riohacha ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Riohacha is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 139 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Riohacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 10 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 17 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 48 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 139 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 81 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 97 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 165 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 189 | 25.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 127 | 19.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 45 | 9.9 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Maicao in AprilColombia · 75 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Valledupar in AprilColombia · 126 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 247 mm rain
- Santa Marta in AprilColombia · 144 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 33 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in AprilVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 65 mm rain
- La Concepción in AprilVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Ciénaga in AprilColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Machiques in AprilVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AprilVenezuela · 173 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 58 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Riohacha) is explained once on the Riohacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.